SO 1568 - Massalia over Massalia
From SILVER
220 BCE - 211 BCE | MA
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca Numismatik, 22nd Silver Auction, 29 April 2018, n° 4. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena to right, wearing helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MA (Greek) Tripod |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Massalia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Gallia | Modern countryModern country: France | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 220 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.526.52 g <br />6,520 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Cf.LT.1914, Cf. MHM.24/1, Cf.Sch/L.184 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | De la Tour 18921De la Tour 1892, n°1914 var., MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p.1-2, Feugère - Py 20113Feugère - Py 2011, GBM.23-17 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo to left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙΗΤΩΝ (Greek) Bull right (visible on obverse : -ΛΙΗΤΩΝ) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Massalia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Gallia | Modern countryModern country: France | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Feugère - Py 20113Feugère - Py 2011, GBM.14-22, MBM.28, MBM.34-5, PBM.29-48. | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ De la Tour, Henri (1892), Atlas de monnaies Gauloises, Paris, Librairie Plon.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- a b Feugère, Michel - Py, Michel (2011), Dictionnaire des monnaies découvertes en Gaule méditerranéenne (530-27 av. notre ère), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 2011, 719 p.
